Articles for tag: Millard Fillmore

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Rise of the American Party, AKA Know-Nothing Party

In the 1850’s the United States was on the verge of being divided, both politically and physically. For the thirty years prior to this the U.S. had gone through a series of compromises and deals, in order to make both the North and the South happy. The U.S. was changing and changing fast. There was ...

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Famous People Born in New York

New York, the Empire State, is situated in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is the home of about 20 million people and the third most populous state in the USA. Although the capital city is Albany, the state contains New York City, which is the largest city in the United ...

MRSA Superbug Strikes Woman After She Gives Birth

The MRSA Superbug is a health threat many people have come to fear. Recent reports of the MRSA Superbug striking at schools, hospitals, and locker rooms in the United States, has prompted increased media attention to this potentially fatal “superbug.” Thirty-three year old *Kacey of western New York learned firsthand about the MRSA Superbug, after ...

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Election of 1856: Buchanan and the Point of No Return for the Status Quo

Candidates: Democratic Party: James Buchanan (Pennsylvania) and John Breckenridge (Kentucky) Republican Party: John Fremont (California) and William Dayton (New Jersey) American (Know Nothing) Party: Millard Fillmore (New York) and Andrew Donelson (Tenn.) Election Results: Buchanan/Breckenridge:174 electoral votes, 1.83 million popular votes Fremont/Dayton: 114 electoral votes, 1.34 million popular votes Fillmore/Donelson: 8 electoral votes, 873,000 popular ...